Christmas Romance Roundup… and #Giveaway

Are you in the mood for Christmas-themed Christian romance? Or did you know you can “gift” ebooks from Amazon, to be delivered to someone else’s Kindle (or Kindle app) at a time of your choosing? Imagine the delight on your friend or sister’s face to wake up Christmas morning and finding you’ve sent them a lovely Christmas romance! Many of these probably cost a similar amount to a Christmas card, and you know it will get there on time!

It’s also not too late to order a paperback for yourself or for a gift, so I’ve noted which of the books also come in paper. I’ve got a lot of books to share — one per Inspy Romance author, unless said author doesn’t have a Christmas-themed story. Click the covers or titles for links.

Ready? Roundup time!

Fired from her retail position for saying Merry Christmas to a customer, Sonya Simmons chafes at the over-commercialization of the season and the difficulties of finding a new job. If only she’d actually said Merry Christmas instead of Merry Kisses to the tall, good-looking man buying enough toys for at least a dozen children. How embarrassing!

It was fun to fluster the pretty toy store clerk, but Heath Collins, the mall’s volunteer Santa Claus, hadn’t meant to get her fired. When his elf assistant comes down with a bad cold, Heath offers Sonya a few days’ work, only to discover she believes Santa is nothing but a liar and a fraud instead of an opportunity to make a difference in children’s lives.

Can Sonya and Heath embrace each other — opinions, traditions, and all — in time to share merry kisses for Christmas?
Available on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Google Play, Christian Books, and iBooks
Available in paper as part of the Riverbend Romances 1-5 collection

For the last ten years, disaster has struck on Christmas Eve, leaving Tori dreading the holidays. When she’s assigned to cover the light displays for her newspaper, she’s determined to spend as little time on the article as possible. Especially once she realizes she’s to feature frat boy Gabe “The Babe” Robertson, her former college crush.

Gabe Robertson is a different man than he was in college. Every December, he transforms his acreage into a winter wonderland designed to celebrate the birth of Christ and share God’s love with the community. He also uses the lights to raise money for Operation Mistletoe, an organization that sends Christmas to troops stationed overseas.

Unable to set aside her prejudice, Tori looks for ulterior motives in Gabe’s actions and determines to dig deeper. Will her investigations destroy any chance of a Merry Christmas?

Available on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Google Play and iBooks
Available in paperback

Marisol Jones loves God, kids, and baking. Her job at the local bakery keeps her culinary talents satisfied. The church she attends draws her closer to God and encourages her to keep up with her own quiet time. And well, two out of three isn’t bad. She’d love to have kids of her own, but most men can’t see past her scars.

Garth Simmons loves God and his daughter. He works to provide everything she needs. When she starts asking for a mommy, he does what any loving father would do: he sets out to find one. Except none of his dates measure up to his neighbor. Marisol has gotten under his skin, and she didn’t even try. If anything, she doesn’t understand how beautiful she really is.

Six years later, former bad boy Gus Donovan is intrigued by Chelsea, but his past mistakes continue to haunt him. Gus is determined to prove he’s a changed man—prove it to his friends, his family, his father. And prove it to Chelsea.

Chelsea has embraced the faith she once mocked, and she’s focused on furthering her career in health promotion and staying away from politics. She’s drawn to Gus, although his busy role as an advisor for an Australian senator doesn’t impress her. When she’s forced to confront her fears and deal with a past family tragedy, can Gus convince her to trust him and take a chance on him?

A heartwarming Christmas romance novella set in Sydney, Australia. Seaside Christmas is a standalone novella and Book 3.5 in the Sydney Sweethearts series.

Missy Solomon just needs to get through the next few weeks of student teaching. Then she’ll graduate and, hopefully, land a job at Serenity Landing High School. Maybe, somewhere in there, she could even find time to work on her Great American Novel – or at least her attempt to write one.

Shane Wyatt noticed the student teacher, but hadn’t talked to her. Ever. Not even when they went to school together. But now they’re on the Christmas party committee together, and somehow, he’s invited her to spend Thanksgiving with his family.

Christmas committees. Thanksgiving. Ex-boyfriends. A secret they’re both keeping. All of these get their first few days of friendship off to an interesting start. Toss in some mistletoe and there’s a Christmas story with an ending that would make the Happily Ever After Television Network proud.

Two virtual strangers, one teen, and the worst rental car in the history of mankind… Let the road trip begin.

Avery Weston is a journalist and mom to teenager Eli. Gavin Eastly is an enigmatic photographer.

A botched schedule lands them all in a rental car for Christmas. With everything that goes wrong, it’ll take a miracle to get them anywhere. But miracles come in surprising packages – like a bait shop owner moonlighting as a mechanic and a deputy whose family can’t agree on how to remove a skunk’s stink.

It’s the perfect recipe for romance.

Join Avery, Eli, and Gavin as they learn that reaching the destination doesn’t mean the journey’s over. God has so much more in store for them.

When beautiful underwear model, Jenny Harris, is scarred from a botched facial surgery she finds herself distraught and not in the Christmas spirit. Her best friend, Katherine offers her brother, Stephen’s, Florida waterfront home for a holiday sabbatical. But Stephen returns home unexpectedly. It seems the wild life photographer was somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be, again, and his employer has grounded him. While Jenny doesn’t understand Stephen’s lack of compassion for her situation, he doesn’t understand her obsession about her looks. When Jenny, in an attempt to help Stephen, announces to his boss that she’s his fiancé, a whirlwind fake courtship ensues. But Jenny soon finds herself falling for the renegade photographer who’d rather spend his time in the wilds of the jungle than in civilization. Will Jenny’s new perspective on life give her the hope she’s been searching for, or will it only lead to broken dreams and a broken heart?

All Hannah Dorchester wants is to give her orphaned niece and nephew a happy Christmas. She’s ready for anything—except their uncle Ethan Williams. Thirteen years ago she was planning their wedding and he was planning his escape—joining the military without even a goodbye.

Ethan never meant to break Hannah’s heart, but now the recovering soldier’s back and he wants his late brother’s kids. He’s got one month to prove he’ll be the better parent. But as they start sharing in the joys of the season, he’s determined to show Hannah he’s also become a better man. Could this be their final chance at family—and their second chance for love?

Available on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Google Play, Christian Books, and iBooks
Available in paperback

Kelly Young wants to heal after losing her husband and to raise her little girl the best she can in her hometown. But her new neighbor, former wide receiver Brandon Carmichael, seems to intend to demolish his fixer-upper and her hopes for peace and quiet. When he helps her to repair her home, keeps her flower shop business afloat, and makes her hope and love again, could it be that Brandon is exactly what she needs?

After a forced retirement, Brandon Carmichael is angry and lost, one step away from the familiar path of self-destruction. Moving to a small town at his friend’s suggestion, Brandon surprises himself by getting involved in its community and starting to fall for his pretty neighbor, single mom Kelly Young. But when his past collides with his present, can he forgive, love, and live fully again?

Even a matchmaking grandmother and an adorable four year old might not be enough to help this couple reunite!

This Christmas, Brad Hughes hopes he can convince his ex-wife Maddie he’s not the unreliable, workaholic charmer she married young and then divorced. They’ll be together over the holidays, for the sake of their four year old son.

But what chance do they have of becoming a family again, when she’s returned to the tiny Idaho lakeside community she grew up in, and he’s a city boy through and through? And that’s before they deal with the issues that came between them in the past.

Can they allow God to heal their broken marriage and broken hearts before his career tears them apart once more?
Available on Kindle and in Kindle Unlimited
Available in paperback and audiobook

Their passion for the arts divides them. Can they overcome their differences and find true harmony?

Amber, a struggling dance teacher, is desperate to make a success of her studio. The quickly approaching Christmas recital should help except for one problem—the high school music teacher scheduled the holiday program on the same night, causing a conflict for her students. Will she be able to sustain her business or will she lose everything in the pursuit of her dream?

Chris is thrilled to be back in his hometown. However, his past won’t stay in the past, and the pretty dance instructor is a constant reminder of his failings. He wants to make up for his youthful mistake directed at her, but how?

Sheila Parks is stunned when Mason Smith, the identical twin brother of her ex-boyfriend Reese, moves to Blue Spring and opens a bakery. Reese’s cruel breakup still bothers her and seeing somebody who looks just like him is a painful reminder of her predicament. Unemployed, Sheila needs financial help and it appears that Mason can assist her with her problem. Can she learn to trust a man who looks just like her ex?

Mason is stunned when Sheila storms into his bakery, mistakenly thinking that he’s Reese. Mason is used to comforting his womanizing brother’s ex-girlfriends. A stutterer, Mason has always had a hard time socializing with others. However, he finds himself smitten with beautiful Sheila. Can he control his stutter so that he can ask Sheila to be his date to his grandmother’s Christmas birthday party?

Both Sheila and Mason deal with past pains as they work together during the Christmas season.

Believing a house is not a home without a woman’s touch, there’s nothing more Reverend Christopher Stewart would like than to find a wife. What woman would consider him marriage material, though, with an aging widowed father to look after, especially one who suffers from Alzheimer’s?

When Christopher arrives at his new parish, he discovers the church ladies have arranged a welcome surprise—an office makeover by congregant and interior designer Holly Blume. Impressed with Miss Blume’s work, Christopher decides to contract the talented lady to turn the rectory into a home. When they begin to clash more than their taste in color, will the revamp come to the same abrupt end as his only romantic relationship?

Despite their differences, Holly resolves to finish the job of redesigning the Stewart home, while Christopher determines to re-form Holly’s heart.

Candyce Barkley tosses the fake engagement ring, the last token of her sordid past, out the window onto the highway 35N. No looking back. No regrets. Today is the beginning of a new start, a second chance make something of her messed-up life. Her old hometown of Madison Creek is going to love her plans to open a candy store. If, that is, they can overlook her history for troublemaking. If her family and townsfolk can forgive and forget, then her candy shop might stand a chance at succeeding.

Finley Quinn only has a few miles left before he reaches his stagnant life in Madison Creek. He’s fallen into a rut that he can’t seem to climb out of. A quick stop at the coffee shop results in his bumping into a flash from the past with pink hair and candy tattoos. He hadn’t seen Candy Bar Barkley since he admitted to her that he loved her. Instead of returning his feelings, she high-tailed out of town. When they end up sharing a ride back home, he figures out that his heart hadn’t been stuck all this time, it had followed the wild girl and she still had it, whether she knew it or not.
Available on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and iBooks
Available in paperback

Wedding bells are pealing for Caleb James and Rachel Taylor in Ridgemount, North Carolina.

Surrounded by their friends and family, the mad dash to the altar on New Year’s Eve is in full swing. With a house to remodel, a wedding to plan, and new opportunities and challenges around every corner, Caleb and Rachel, along with their friends, have no time to waste.

Miranda Morgan’s Christmas will be twice as busy now that she’s guardian of her sister’s sweet twin babies. But the celebrity photographer is happy to trade a glamorous LA lifestyle for motherhood in her small hometown of Wildhorn, Texas. Unfortunately, the twins’ handsome godfather, Simon West, is unconvinced. The brooding rancher isn’t thrilled about letting sunny, spontaneous Miranda into his carefully managed world. Though they disagree on almost everything, Simon and Miranda discover common ground as they work to make the twins’ first country Christmas cozy and bright. Could this holiday transform Miranda and Simon’s tentative friendship into a forever love?

Available on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Google Play, Christian Books, and iBooks
Available in paperback

Sadie Jenkins lives and breathes Christmas every, single day of the year. Owner of Bethlehem’s Boutique in the tourist mountain town of Gatlinburg, TN, she has no room for the bad boys of her past and devotes her whole life to the struggling boutique and her teenage daughter, Maribelle. She’s perfectly happy with her country-living life until he walks into her store.

Nate Myers travels the globe for his job and has the bank account to prove his success. The former “bad” boy is in town for a short visit with his sister and is determined to not get caught up in all the Christmas hype. But then he falls for the beautiful shopkeeper—quite literally.

Will these two (sorta) opposites be able to find a happily-ever-after together?

Micah Chan has loved Lucy Choi ever since they were kids, but life—and some regretful decisions—stopped him from pursuing her. Now he has a choice to make: Let her marry another man or break up her engagement to make this Christmas the most memorable one of their lives?

Micah and Lucy were introduced as children in the books Tropical Kiss or Miss and Drawn to You, respectively. Meet them now as adults on the brink of discovering their own happily-ever-after.

Christmas came early for Erica Lindholm! Suddenly a mom to adorable twin baby boys and part owner of a snowy small-town Pennsylvania farm, Erica is living her dream. Until the boys’ estranged uncle, Jason Stephanidis, comes home to celebrate the holidays. The handsome, brooding detective turns out to be a natural with the babies…and with Erica’s wounded heart. But if Jason knew the truth about their identities, her picture-perfect life could melt away. She’s finally found the warm home, the loving family and the cozy Christmas she always wanted. Will Erica’s secret cost her everything?

Available on Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Google Play, Christian Books, and iBooks
Available in paperback

Six brand-new, heartwarming novels and novellas from Cecelia Dowdy, Autumn Macarthur, Marion Ueckermann, and three of their friends.

Available on Kindle and in Kindle Unlimited

Interested in winning the Kindle ebook of your choice from the stories above? Comment to let me know which one you haven’t read but would like to, and your name will be entered. Winner will be chosen Saturday evening, December 9, so don’t delay!

“Void where prohibited; the odds of winning depend on the number of entrants. Entering the giveaway is considered a confirmation of eligibility on behalf of the enterer in accord with these rules and any pertaining local/federal/international laws.”

Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.

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Welcome to the community at Inspy Romance! The authors are so happy to see you. We offer two random commenters a $20 Amazon gift card every month, so don’t be shy! Jump in, and let’s get to know each other.

Hi Valerie, how quickly the year has gone. We had our town Christmas parade this evening, leading to the fireworks later tonight and Carols by Candlelight on Sunday night. My boys have had no troubles replenishing their lolly bags! Books make the best presents! The boys have ‘discovered’ Tintin and we are delighting in the fun they are having reading them. I would love to read your book or Lindi’s book:)
Blessings:)

Hi Valerie! Thanks for taking the time to put this delightful holiday reading list of over 20 romances together. Wednesday December 6 was Saint Nikolois Day, a German Christmas tradition, and I must have been a good girl since I Saint Nick put $25 Amazon gift card in my shoe. Now I have some great ideas what books I can purchase. I have read at least 5 of them, since several were included in boxed sets. Definitely remember Heather Gray’s Nowhere for Christmas and the skunk. At Thanksgiving I read Jackie Castle’s Candy Lane Christmas with its Madison Creek, Michigan. Always enjoy reading romances by you Valerie, Elizabeth Maddrey, Carol Moncado, Autumn MacCarthur, and Marion Ueckermann. The one I have NOT READ and grips my heart is Brenda S. Anderson’s Hungry for Christmas. Homeless is a problem we so often overlook in our communities. As a pastor’s wife in Chicago during some cold 1980s winters, I fed homeless men at least once a week in my kitchen. Holidays are especially difficult for them. Merry Christmas to all the wonderful talented authors and your generous spirit.

There are som many book that I have read and loved (Merry Kisses, Nowhere for Christmas, Calm and Bright, A husband for Holly…)… and so many that I haven’t read and want to. I have been seriously thinking about getting Snowflakes and snuggles even though I already have way too many books I haven’t yet read, so I guess I’d set out to win it. Thanks for this chance.

I have & have read many of these. I haven’t yet bought Merry Kisses, and the excerpt made me laugh! That would be my first choice. I also haven’t yet bought Christmas Reflections. This is such a fun list!!

Thanks for the great list above and for telling us about gifting an e-book! I enjoy Heather Gray’s stories, but haven’t read Nowhere for Christmas yet so that would be my choice. I’m not sure how I missed it, but it was released near the end of tax season so…

Hi Valerie! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this list together! I’ve read many of this books and loved them.. my favorite is Nowhere for Christmas. It was a really good book. I’ve been wanting to get snowflakes and snuggles for a while now. Even though I already have a enormous to be read list I think I will put this box set right on top of that list!

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